Florida Catholic | Diocese of Venice

January 9, 2009

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New school, new students

Preschool children gather around the American flag Aug. 18 for the first day of classes at St. Catherine in Sebring, the first Catholic school in Highlands County and the Eastern Deanery. It will initially serve students from 3-year-olds to second-graders.

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SEBRING | Preschool children gather around the American flag Aug. 18 for the first day of classes at St. Catherine in Sebring, the first Catholic school in Highlands County and the Eastern Deanery. It will initially serve students from 3-year-olds to second-graders.

Bishop Verot grad completes bike trip of a lifetime

FORT MYERS | Aaron Patzwahl completed his journey of a lifetime as the youngest member of bike team that crossed the country to raise money and build houses.

Patzwahl, who graduated with honors from Bishop Verot in May, is now at the University of Notre Dame, spent 56 days biking more than 3,300 miles from San Diego to Savannah with a group of strangers participating in the Fuller Center bike adventure. The ride raised awareness and money for the Fuller Center for Housing. Along the way the group help build seven homes. MORE...

« St. Catherine School: a new school, a new beginning

After a long wait, Highlands Coounty has its first Catholic elementary school.

Farmworkers face tough road after Fay’s flooding

People in hardest hit areas could face unemployment for months.

Flooding water forces migrant workers to evacuate

St. Leo the Great Parish opens their doors and arms to evacuees of flooded areas along the Imperial River.

Judicial vicar celebrates 20 years with diocese

Father John Dolciamore steps down as judicial vicar Sept. 1.

News Briefs

Bishop Dewane now (honorary) Doctor of Humane Letters

Obituaries
Father John A. Beattie; Sister Mary Rose Watkins; and Father Morris B. Wells